Mapping molecular flexibility of proteins with site-directed spin labeling: A case study of myoglobin

Biochemistry

Volumn 51, Issue 33, 2012, Pages 6568-6583

  López, Carlos J ^a   Oga, Shirley ^a   Hubbell, Wayne L ^a  

^a JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFORMATIONAL EQUILIBRIUM; CONFORMATIONAL EXCHANGE; CONFORMATIONAL SUBSTATES; EPR SPECTRA; FOLDED PROTEINS; FOLDED STATE; IN-LINE; LINE SHAPE ANALYSIS; LOCALIZED STATE; MOLECULAR FLEXIBILITY; MULTICOMPONENTS; MULTIPLE COMPONENTS; OSMOLYTES; PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITION; PROTEIN FLEXIBILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURES; SITE-DIRECTED SPIN LABELING; SPIN LABEL; TIME RANGE; TIME-SCALES;

MAPPING; PROTEINS;

ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

MYOGLOBIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; MOTION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SITE DIRECTED SPIN LABELING; SPIN LABELING;

ANIMALS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MYOGLOBIN; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; SPIN LABELS;

EID: 84865410842     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: 15204995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi3005686     Document Type: Article

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